Shahar Man

Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Specialist | R&D & Tech

Israel

About

Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner with a proven track record of scaling high-growth tech environments and driving large-scale organizational lifecycles (R&D, Engineering, & Operations). A strategic partner skilled in leveraging data-driven metrics and AI talent intelligence to optimize recruitment pipelines, reduce Time-to-Hire, and lead end-to-end employee lifecycles—from onboarding to retention and welfare. Two-time Excellence Award recipient recognized for execution speed, building HR infrastructure, and trusted alignment with executive leadership.

Experience

  • Senior Talent Acquisition | Claroty at Claroty
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Scaling & Talent Delivery: Execute end-to-end talent acquisition for hyper-growth Cybersecurity R&D and Product divisions, consistently delivering 14+ business-critical hires per quarter within a highly competitive market. • AI & Talent Intelligence Innovation: Spearhead the integration of advanced AI sourcing tools and talent intelligence platforms, automating screening workflows and optimizing passive talent pipeline quality. •Process Optimization & Efficiency: Overhauled the technical interviewing infrastructure, successfully reducing the average Time-to-Hire (TTH) by 25% while maintaining a high quality of hire baseline. • Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Drive strategic, global talent initiatives, including international expansion hiring frameworks, DEI recruiting programs, and structured interviewer-training programs for R&D. • Referral Optimization: Revamped the Employee Referral program, driving a 35% increase in referral-based hires and substantially reducing overall cost-per-hire (CPH). • Employer Branding & Community: Spearhead targeted developer meetups and technical lectures, elevating market-wide employer brand visibility and accelerating organic, top-of-funnel inbound applications. • Business Partnership & Advisory: Act as a strategic partner to VP R&D and Product Directors, translating organizational roadmap objectives into structured hiring plans, team mapping, and compensation benchmarking.

  • Mentoring Program Manager | Volunteer at ProWoman Organization
    Sep 2025 - May 2026 · 9 mos

    • Program Leadership & Strategic Execution: Orchestrated the end-to-end strategy and operational roadmap of the alumnae mentoring program, successfully scaling the initiative to facilitate 22 strategic mentor-mentee matches tailored to professional trajectories. • AI Integration & Data-Driven Matching: Leveraged advanced AI tools and data analytics to optimize the candidate screening and selection process, improving matching accuracy and achieving a 95% program completion rate. • Project Management & Gantt Execution: Managed strict program timelines and milestone tracking by utilizing structured Gantt charts, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of all program phases from kickoff to final evaluation. • End-to-End Event Production: Conceptualized, coordinated, and executed large-scale community events, professional workshops, and networking sessions, driving a 40% increase in active community engagement. • Impact Measurement & KPIs: Established robust data-driven feedback loops and success metrics; surveys indicated a 92% participant satisfaction score and measurable career progression among mentees. • Framework Development & Leadership Initiatives: Designed and deployed comprehensive training toolkits for mentors while spearheading targeted tracks focused on women's empowerment and leadership development within the ecosystem.

  • Electreon (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • HR Business Partner
      Oct 2023 - Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      • Strategic HR Business Partnership: Trusted HRBP for 9 distinct departments, serving as a strategic advisor to 7 people managers and supporting a rapidly growing division of 80+ employees. • Onboarding Optimization & Time-to-Productivity: Conceptualized and executed a structured, AI-driven onboarding framework, accelerating employee time-to-productivity by 20% and strengthening 90-day retention benchmarks. • Offboarding & Knowledge Risk Mitigation: Overhauled the end-to-end offboarding infrastructure, introducing automated exit intelligence mechanisms and knowledge-transfer protocols to ensure seamless operational continuity. • Total Rewards & Recognition (R&R) Architecture: Designed and deployed a customized Recognition & Reward framework aligned with performance metrics, driving a 25% increase in cross-departmental morale and engagement scores. • Predictive Talent Retention & AI Analytics: Leveraged advanced AI talent intelligence and pulse analytics to evaluate real-time organizational health, executing proactive retention strategies that mitigated turnover by 18% YoY. • Performance Management & Leadership Coaching: Conducted targeted management coaching and implemented rigorous performance evaluation frameworks, yielding a 20% improvement in leadership alignment and team execution.

    • Talent Acquisition Specialist
      Oct 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      • End-to-End Talent Acquisition & Scale: Managed the full recruitment lifecycle for 30+ highly technical and strategic hires annually, aligning talent pipelines directly with evolving business objectives and scaling needs. • Process Optimization & TTH Reduction: Overhauled the interviewing and selection infrastructure, successfully reducing the average Time-to-Hire (TTH) by 22% while elevating candidate satisfaction and interview efficiency. • International Talent Mobility & Onboarding: Led a cross-border recruitment and international mobility project, achieving a 100% successful onboarding and relocation rate for global employees, ensuring seamless integration into the company. • Infrastructure & Pipeline Architecture: Built foundational recruitment infrastructure, sourcing strategies, and ATS tracking mechanisms from the ground up, expanding the qualified passive candidate pipeline by 40%. • Data-Driven Recruitment Projects: Initiated talent mapping and market intelligence projects to address critical skill gaps, enabling predictive hiring and reducing agency dependency by 15%.

  • Elbit Systems Ltd (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Human Resources Generalist
      May 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • High-Scale Employee Lifecycle Management: Executed the end-to-end employee lifecycle strategy for the strategic Intelligence & UAV division, supporting thousands of employees within a leading aerospace and defense technology company. • Onboarding Scale & SLA Optimization: Led comprehensive new-hire enablement and training programs for 200+ employees, streamlining time-to-onboard while maintaining a strict 100% SLA compliance rate for operational readiness. • Large-Scale Event Production & Welfare: Orchestrated and produced division-wide welfare initiatives, corporate events, and complex multi-day seminar programs for hundreds of participants, boosting employee connection and morale. • Professional Training & Enablement: Designed and delivered target training schedules, professional development workshops, and internal organizational learning tracks tailored to divisional talent benchmarks. • Payroll Architecture & Compliance: Oversaw and audited complex cross-departmental payroll reporting and local data pipelines, consistently achieving a zero-error performance metric and ensuring absolute financial accuracy. • Engagement Strategy & Impact: Spearheaded division-wide talent experience and retention initiatives that successfully accelerated employee participation and engagement metrics to over 85%.

    • Talent Acquisition
      Feb 2018 - May 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      • High-Volume Technical & Business Recruitment: Managed a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary recruitment desk, successfully steering end-to-end hiring processes for 100+ positions across R&D, Operations, Business Development, and Marketing. • Expert TTH Reduction & Optimization: Redesigned sourcing strategies and interviewer workflows, driving a 15% reduction in Time-to-Hire (TTH) that significantly accelerated team scaling and minimized open-role business friction. • Double Excellence Recognition: Awarded two consecutive Excellence Awards for outstanding performance, delivery speed, and exceptional hiring-manager satisfaction. • Targeted Recruitment Fairs & Initiatives: Initiated, planned, and led the company's participation in specialized Career Fairs and Recruitment Events, strategically targeting and capturing highly relevant talent pools to expand the active pipeline. • Talent Acquisition Campaigns & Branding: Concepted and coordinated internal sourcing campaigns and employer branding events, driving organic top-of-funnel inbound applications and expanding the passive candidate network. • Data Intelligence & Reporting: Established structured recruitment analytics and detailed pipeline reporting mechanisms to provide leadership with actionable talent intelligence and predictable hiring timelines.

  • Tech Recruiting Specialist & HR Coordinator at Elbit Systems Ltd
    2018 - 2021 · 3 yrs